Worship

Worship

Having a worship team in the upper school would be great way to get students involved in chapel. Many students have God given musical talents. Creating a worship team would allow those students to use their talents for God's glory. The main authorities , however, do not believe in using modern day music styles and instruments for worshipping God. The students' musical abilities should not be shunned just because of the style they use. The ability to play the music or sing the song was given to them by God in the first place.

In the Bible, it tells everyone to praise God. God does not want His people to be quiet about praising or worshipping Him. Both of these statements can be back up with Bible verses:

"Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven! Praise him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness! Praise him with a blast of the ram's horn; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD! Praise the LORD!" (Ps. 150.1-6)

The viewpoint of the main authorities can be easily seen. They believes singing hymns is the only way to praise God because maybe that's how they were taught or that's what they did when they were younger at their church. "We must adjust to changing times, but hold on to unchanging principles," was a quote from President Jimmy Carter. The "changing times" in this situation would be the change of the style